Sieze the day!

[Locust]

How many of you ever get the feeling that you should break the bonds of conformity and do something out of the ordinary. Today in church, there was a guy standing next to me during the "Our Father" prayer. I got the impulse to reach out and take his hand, but I didn't and now I regret it. I really gotta start siezing the day.

 

[JellyWorld]

wouldnt he think you were insane.

 

[Absinthe]

Or gay.

 

[Solaris]

Maybe he had teh same desire

 

[JellyWorld]

Sieze the day hehe, carpe diem.

Edit: Damn my avatar's too small to see the text on it.

 

[StardogChampion]

How many of you ever get the feeling that you should break the bonds of conformity and do something out of the ordinary. Today in church, there was a guy standing next to me during the "Our Father" prayer. I got the impulse to reach out and take his hand, but I didn't and now I regret it. I really gotta start siezing the day.

Break the conformity by not going to church. And yes, the guy would think you were a weirdo.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

How many of you ever get the feeling that you should break the bonds of conformity and do something out of the ordinary. Today in church, there was a guy standing next to me during the "Our Father" prayer. I got the impulse to reach out and take his hand, but I didn't and now I regret it. I really gotta start siezing the day.

wow....deep

I see where your coming from though, like yesterday i saw this chav and i was gonna go punch him in the face, but i didn't because i was too lazy...damn i regret that. I'll be ready next time *strokes cricket bat*

 

[StardogChampion]

wow....deep

I see where your coming from though, like yesterday i saw this chav and i was gonna go punch him in the face, but i didn't because i was too lazy...damn i regret that. I'll be ready next time *strokes cricket bat*

Haha, although carrying a cricket bat will mean the chav will punch you first you sad little cricketer.

 

[mindless_moder]

why did you have an impulse to hold his hand :S ?

 

[Ennui]

Siezing the day is good, though I have to say that I wouldn't do it in church.

 

[Locust]

well, this church I go to is weird. I'm catholic and normally everyone holds hands during the our father, but in this church no one does. I just figured that I would bring a taste of my old church to this one and maybe try to reach out to a few people.

 

[KagePrototype]

"I'm not gonna live in a third world country with all the conformists."

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

wouldnt he think you were insane.

You're supposed to do that during mass.

Or at least for us Catholics. I've never been to a protestant church service before.

 

[SimonomiS]

You're supposed to do that during mass.

Or at least for us Catholics. I've never been to a protestant church service before.

YOU'RE a Catholic??

:O

 

[xLostx]

YOUR a Catholic??

:O

Catholics for teh win

 

[ZeeM]

YOUR a Catholic??

:O

MINE a Catholic?





















:hmph:

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

YOUR a Catholic??

:O

Yessum

 

[evil^milk]

well, this church I go to is weird. I'm catholic and normally everyone holds hands during the our father, but in this church no one does. I just figured that I would bring a taste of my old church to this one and maybe try to reach out to a few people.

i've been to churches where it is normal for people not to hold hands, and other churches where it is normal.

so i believe either way would've been ok.

hmm, today i'm going to church, maybe today i can seize the day

 

[nofx]

Uhh hijacking the thread I see. Id say seize the day, the guy probably wouldnt have thought youre a weirdo, you were most likely just trying to get closer to god. Try to imagine yourself in his shoes what he would have felt, or what you would have felt if someone had did that you. Also what happens in church usually stays in church so, im pretty sure later on that day he wouldnt have went home and blabbed to his wife and family or w/e about how some guy in church reached out to him. Ignore those idiots blasting your religion believe what you want.
There have been times in my life when I wish I wouldve seized the day to study volunteer for this or try harder with a project. Sometimes the answers lie right infront of you.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

i've been to churches where it is normal for people not to hold hands, and other churches where it is normal.

so i believe either way would've been ok.

hmm, today i'm going to church, maybe today i can seize the day

One time when we were getting the Eucharist a little kid guzzled like half the cup of wine instead of taking the tiny sip like he's supposed to before the person giving it could stop him.

Technically he seized the day.... in a way

 

[SimonomiS]

Will you guys please stop editing my quotes to make it look like I've made a grammar mistake.

I think it's best I keep my random impulses to myself. I think the majority of them are either perverse or illegal.

 

[JunkieXL]

I got my tragus pierced today just because I felt like it

 

[Adabiviak]

Are you guys joking? If your idea of "breaking the bonds of conformity" means holding a stranger's hand, you need to get a life. Piercing your tragus is exactly the opposite of non-conformity - every schmuck in high school at least has their tongue pierced, if not their phallus in one way or another. I do live in California so perhaps we have a different notion of "conformity" here. What are you after in your pseudo rebellion? Attention? Satisfaction? Revenge? Actually, for those of you for whom Jesus dictates your responsibilities, you should probably be asking your priest/preacher/minister/pastor/pimp what an acceptable level of "non-conformity" is, lest you cross some line and bring a little damnation home with you. Here are some suggestions for different social circles. (Bear in mind that if you don't have the imagination on how to seize the day yourself, you should probably leave the daily seizures up to the rest of us). :naughty:

Religious - watch yourself, you can get into a lot of trouble with these guys, but try questioning everyone's faith with a seriously logical argument. If you are already brainwashed, you'll never do it (structure and defend a logical argument), but you'll surely not conform either.

Corporate - next time you are in a particularly useless meeting, call bunk. Tell your boss that this is a waste of time and that the same thing could have been accomplished in a single email. The only reason useless meetings prevail is because nobody does this.

High School (non-academic circles, which means you) - get good grades and help make the teacher's job easier. Your friends may disown you, but non-conformity is what you'd like, right? Oh wait...

High School (academic circles) - Get yourself the worst prison tattoo you can find, preferably on your neck, face, or hands (somewhere that isn't coverable by typical clothes). Guaranteed to drive your parents nuts and prospective employers away.

America at large - cease watching television. I know you don't have the 'nads to do this, but very few are the people who won't think you are nuts.

I'd also advise taking a good philosophy class, and finding out exactly what "carpe diem" means. Everyone thinks it's pretty cool, right? Just like "5150", but ask anyone who works in a psychiatric unit what that really means, and see how cool it is then.

 

[Fat Tony!]

Yeah well one days I thought "spam steam forums with goatse links?" but I couldn't be bothered...

 

[Pesmerga]

Fat Tony! that would be pwning, more pwning than pi mu rho's moon ponies.

Hmm, i'm not really conformed to anything other than clothing, MAYBE I ALREADY SEIZED THE DAY.

 

[JunkieXL]

Adabiviak I don't want to be a non-conformist, or stand out or anything. I just think it's nice and I did it so spontaneously that it related to this thread.

 

[Adabiviak]

...don't let the rant fool ya - true acts of spontaneity are always welcome.

 

[Crushenator 500]

carpe diem